SO. SECTION DIVISION XIII: GRACE BRETHREN UNABLE TO END SEASON WITH TITLE PAS. POLY 14, GRACE BRE. 7.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer MOORPARK - Grace Brethren coach Dennis Stephenson was concerned about Pasadena Poly's big- play offense, and the visiting Panthers showed plenty of that in Saturday's Division XIII final at Moorpark High. But Poly, which got touchdown-sparking first-half runs of 64 and 32 yards from injury replacement John Clark John Clark is the name of:
The fourth-seeded Panthers (11-2) shut down Grace Brethren's bread-and-butter running game in the first half, then withstood junior quarterback Eric Durso's season-best 182 yards passing to post a 14-7 victory over the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. , who were playing in their third section final in four years. Despite the loss, this was a step up for the 235-student Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. private school, which had played until this season in the eight-man ranks - winning one title in 1999 and finishing second last year. The extent of the Lancers' football progress shows nowhere more than in a count of the school's assistant coaches, 12, which is four more than the school had football players in 1992, its first season of eight-man ball, when an injury forced a cancellation of the season. This season, 50 of the 70 boys in the four-year school played football, and their efforts lifted the Lancers to wins over No. 3-seeded Rio Hondo Rio Hondo may refer to:
They came up short against the Panthers but not without some big plays - notably a brilliant leaping second-half touchdown reception by season rushing leader Chad Chad (chăd, chäd), Fr. Tchad, officially Republic of Chad, republic (2005 est. pop. 9,826,000), 495,752 sq mi (1,284,000 sq km), N central Africa. Kackert (44 yards on five receptions and a team-best 29 yards rushing) and some big defensive plays from Lance Campbell and Chase Kroll. The Lancers also got two interceptions and a blocked punt from a team that included 15 underclassmen. ``Poly stopped our running game tonight, and that was something that got us here,'' said Stephenson, whose Lancers were held to 47 yards rushing - most of that in the first half - before going to the pass in the second half. |
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